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BULLETIN 776, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



The largest quantity was stored during July, the reports of 

 307 storages showing an increase of 28,915,736 pounds during 

 that month. As all the storages did not report for both June 

 1 and July 1, this does not show the entire increase, and it is 

 believed that the total movement into storage was approxi- 

 mately 32,000,000 pounds. 



Table 18. Cold storage holdings of American cheese as reported 



October 1, 1917. 





Reported for October 1, 1917. 



Comparison with October 1, 1916. 



Section. 



Storages 

 report- 

 ing. 



Holdings 

 reported. 



Percent- 

 age of 

 total 

 holdings. 



Storages 



reporting 



on both 



dates. 



September 1, 

 1, 1916. 



October 

 1, 1917. 



Increase 



or 

 decrease. 





Number. 

 27 



112 

 45 



101 

 60 

 53 

 30 

 36 



Pounds. 

 7,189,137 



33,299,963 

 3,349.778 



35,046,307 

 3,807,940 

 2,400,108 

 1,165,397 

 6,191,366 



Per cent. 

 7.8 



36.0 

 3.6 



37.9 

 4.1 

 2.6 

 1.3 

 6.7 



Number. 

 14 

 70 

 25 

 70 

 44 

 30 

 21 

 27 



Pounds. 



5,368,958 

 19,570,564 



2,133,294 

 12,920,190 



3,134,781 

 530,681 



1,023,029 



4,087,351 



Pounds. 



6,826,779 



28,289,141 



1,829,511 



26,031,363 



3,581,400 



712,338 



914,722 



6,154,639 



Per cent. 



+ 27 2 



Middle Atlantic 



South Atlantic 



North Central (E) 



North Central (W) 



South Central 



Western (N) 



+ 44.5 



— 14.2 1 

 + 101.5 

 + 14.2 1 

 + 34.2 J 



— 10,6 1 



Western (S) , 



+ 50 6 1 







Total 



464 



92,449,996 



100.0 1 301 



48,768,848 



74,339,893 



+ 52.-4 



Table 19 shows the increases and decreases in holdings each 

 month as compiled from the reports issued monthly by the 

 Bureau. Figure 6 shows the relative quantities on hand on 

 the first of each month during the past two seasons, and Table 

 20 shows the monthly percentage of increase and decrease for 

 the two seasons for which the Bureau has compiled data. 



Table 19. — Monthly cold storage holdings of American cheese as com- 

 pared vrith previous months. 



Date. 



June 1 



July 1 



August 1 . . . 

 September 1 

 October 1 . . . 

 November 1 

 December 1. 

 January 1 . . 

 February 1 . 



March 1 



AprU 1 



May 1 



Storages 

 report- 

 ing. 



Number. 

 313 

 292 

 307 

 323 

 360 

 411 

 419 

 410 

 432 

 448 

 459 

 455 



Comparative holdings. 



Current 

 month. 



Pounds. 



9,553,845 

 25,884,240 

 60,091,534 

 74,300,651 

 81,638,837 

 84,380,977 

 78,765,033 

 68,791,566 

 55,837,977 

 47,726,437 

 38,167,559 

 24,218,143 



Preceding 

 month. 



Pounds. 

 7,480,495 

 8,594,581 

 31,175,798 

 58,218,536 

 81,280,743 

 90,254,258 

 84,245,843 

 77,398,312 

 67,011,022 

 60,204,975 

 48,073,044 

 38,249,521 



Increase or decrease. 



Pounds. 

 + 2,073,350 

 + 17,289,659 

 +28,915,736 

 + 16,082,115 

 + 358,094 



— 5,873,281 



— 5,480,810 



— 8,606,746 

 —11,173,045 



12,478,538 



9,905,485 



14,031,378 



Per cent. 

 + 27.7 

 + 201.2 

 + 92.8 

 + 27. 



+ 



— 11 



— 16 



— 20 



— 20 



— 36 



0.4 



6.5 

 6.5 



1 



7 

 7 



Table 20. — Monthly percentages of increases and decreases in holdings of 

 American cheese in cold storage. 



Season. 



Per ct. 

 on hd. 

 May 1 



Per cent of increase. 



Per cent of decrease. 



Per ct. 

 on hd. 





May 



June 



July Aug. 



Sept. 



Oct. 



Nov. 



Dec. 



Jan. 



Feb. 



Mar. 



Apr. 



Mayl. 



1916-1917.... 

 1917-1918.... 



17.1 

 9.6 



2.9 

 2.6 



27.2 

 26.3 



40.5 12.3 

 37.9 23 1 



5.3 



+ 0.5 



7.2 

 6.5 



8.5 

 7.0 



11.1 

 9.4 



23.0 

 14 9 



15.9 

 12.0 



10.5 

 9.6 



3.1 

 14.7 



15.4 

 25.9 



